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River Valley hangs on against Marion Center!

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| October 12, 2024

Heritage Conference Game of the Week

Marion Center Stingers (5-2) at River Valley Panthers (6-1)

Last Meeting 9/29/23 RV 40 @ MC 16

MC PF20.4 PA 8.9

RV  PF38.3 PA 11.6

This was probably the best game I have seen this year. Both teams played well and the game could have went either way. This was a huge victory for the Panthers on Senior Night. It was a crushing defeat for the Stingers who fell seven yards short.

The first quarter started with a bang as the Stingers Troy Slovinsky took the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown.

 

Both teams punted on their first possessions. River Valley drove 95 yards in six minutes on their second possession. Senior Sam Yantis got the bulk of the yards as the Panthers opened up some large holes in the Stingers defense. They converted a fourth and three from the 47. Senior Gavin Burkhart capped the drive with a 19 yard touchdown run. The score was tied as we went to the second. MC 7 RV 7

 

The second quarter started with the Stingers driving. They were forced to punt after moving into Panther territory. Jake Woodring had a big punt return to flop field position. Panther quarterback Max Perschetti was sacked and they were forced to punt. Marion Center was able to move the ball to midfield before being pushed back and forced to punt. Senior Sammy “Big Cat” Ewing came free off the right side and blocked the punt. Everyone seemed to just look at the ball except Ewing who came back and picked up the ball and out ran Troy Slovinsky for a touchdown.

 

Marion Center would come right back. They would go 62 yards in three minutes. Quarterback Camden Rising scored from two yards out. River Valley would than take the ball and drive to the Stingers 23 before turning the ball over on downs with just eight seconds to go. We went to the half tied. MC 14 RV 14

 

The third quarter started with the Panthers going right down the field and scoring in less than three minutes with Burkhart getting his second touchdown. He broke a couple of tackles and raced down the left sideline.


Marion Center gave the ball right back to the Panthers when Woodring intercepted a Rising pass at the Stingers 40. But Marion Centers defense rose to the occasion and allowed only four yards on four plays. The Stingers picked up one first down before facing a third and long. Rising dropped back and threw along pass that hit Troy Slovinsky in stride for a fifty yard touchdown. The Panthers would then go on a long drive using up the rest of the quarter. MC 21 RV 21

 

The fourth quarter started with the Panthers in the red zone. Perschetti made back to back runs getting the final ten yards. His second run put the Panthers back on top.

 

The Stingers would use four minutes to drive the ball to the River Valley 20. They were stopped short on fourth and three. The Panthers had the ball at their own 20 with a seven point lead and only seven and a half minutes to go. River Valley would move the ball inside the Stingers 30 before turning it over on downs. Marion Center had the ball at their own 27 with 2:04 to go and no timeouts. The Stingers would drive to the Panthers six before spiking the ball to stop the clock. Sam Ewing stopped Noah McCoy at the six. McCoy was huge on the drive making catch after catch. They had three shots from the six before turning the ball over with five seconds remaining. One kneel down later and the game was over. MC 21 RV 28

 

MC  7- 7- 7- 0=21

RV  7- 7- 7- 7=28

MC -11:49-Troy Slovinsky 86 Kickoff return xp Brady Haggerty (7-0)

RV-2:17-Gavin Burkhart 19 run xp Cole Heckathorn (7-7)

RV-4:31- Sam Ewing 40 blocked punt return xp Heckathorn (7-14)

MC-1:21-Camden Rising 2 run xp Haggerty (14-14)

RV-9:19-Burkhart 38 run xp Heckathorn (14-21)

MC-5:08-Troy Slovinsky 50 pass from Rising xp Haggerty (21-21)

RV-11:25 -Max Perschetti 1 run xp Heckathorn (21-28)

 

Some really good performances

Stingers

Noah McCoy- Seemed to be uncoverable at times

Camden Rising-ran and threw well

Tyler Phillips-force on defense, always around the ball

Collin Anderson-senior, team leader, two way lineman

Panthers

Gavin Burkhart-beast, two touchdowns

Sam Yantis- runs with power, moves and speed

Max Perschetti- sophomore quarterback, big plays in the red zone

Jake Woodring-sophomore, big punt return and pick, his brother was a play maker too

 

Players of the Game

MC#7 Troy Slovinsky -the youngest of three brothers , just a freshman and is he fun to watch, last week 95 yard punt return and a 70 yard run, this week a kickoff return and 50 yard pass catch plus tough on defense

RV#1 Sammy “Big Cat” Ewing senior in only his second year, big blocked punt and than to pick it up and outrun the Stingers for six , stopped McCoy at the six!

 

Scoreboard

Northern Cambria 41 Conemaugh Twp 22

Cambria Heights 49 Homer Center 0

Portage 16 Purchase Line 0

United Valley 27 Penns Manor 0

Conemaugh Valley 32 West Shamokin 0

Heritage Conference Football Standings

Cambria Heights 8-0

Northern Cambria 7-1

River Valley 7-1

Marion Center 5-3

Penns Manor 5-3

United Valley 5-3

Conemaugh Township 3-5

Portage 3-5

Purchase Line 2-6

Homer Center 2-6

Conemaugh Valley 1-7

West Shamokin 0-8

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